Paid Notice: Deaths
BALLAN, JACK

Published: July 9, 2011

BALLAN--Jack, on Thursday July 7, 84, long-time New Jersey public servant and attorney, passed away after a prolonged illness. Born to immigrant parents on a dairy farm in Fair Lawn where he was raised, Ballan attended East Side High School in Paterson where he was a scholar and an athlete. After serving in the 10th Army in the Pacific theater in WWII, Ballan completed undergraduate studies at Rutgers University and went on to study law at Columbia Law School. Ballan served as a prosecutor in Bergen County, as counsel to the New Jersey Highway Commission, as Civil Service Commissioner in the administrations of governors Meyner and Hughes and as Borough Attorney for Fair Lawn. After playing a key role in the great era of New Jersey's development, Ballan went on to a career in private practice. Ballan lived for over half a century in Fair Lawn and was a member of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, of which his father was a founding member. He is survived by the former Sally Roth, his wife of 55 years, his children Jonathan and Sandy Ballan, Harry and Judith Ballan, Jessica and Paul Julius, Carolyn and David Wasserman and fifteen grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at Robert Schoem's Menorah Chapel in Paramus on Sunday, July 10 at 11am, followed by burial at Beth El Cemetery in Paramus with military honors. The shiva period will be observed at 4622 Grosvenor Ave. in Riverdale, NY through Friday afternoon July 15. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to UJA-Federation of Bergen County.